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Found Footage: Watch the entire iPod introduction
Since today is the iPod's 5th birthday I recommended that you watch the video of its introduction. The YouTube version floating around only shows the iPod intro, but if you want to watch the whole presentation Dan at UNEASYsilence has you covered (and the quality is better too).
Grab a beverage, kick back, and bask in the glow of five year old Reality Distortion Field rays (like a fine wine, they only get better with age).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
eldt said 6:43PM on 10-23-2006
funny, steve jobs is still wearing the same outfit 5 years later.
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narco said 6:57PM on 10-23-2006
Anyone remember the iWalk? There were little rumors about the iPod in 2001, most were focused on the iWalk, supposedly a new Newton device. The video was awesome and there was so much excitement, but when the iPod came out, people weren't really all that excited because most got their hopes up.
That's when I started to take each Mac-related rumor with a grain of salt.
Fishes,
narco.
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Tony said 7:44PM on 10-23-2006
Narco,
Bill: Let me get this straight: you took all the money you made
franchising your name and bet it against the Harlem
Globetrotters?
Krusty: Oh, I thought the Generals were due!
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Muzz said 7:56PM on 10-23-2006
Is that Mark Cuban in the audience at 21:27 on the video?
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Shreedhan said 8:04PM on 10-23-2006
U can see apple have moved up in the world. It looks like that was filmed in a high school hall and now they book out huge places! Go Åππ¬´
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timothy Broyles said 8:12PM on 10-23-2006
Holy crap, alright TUAW, you guys need to get rid of that flashing "You've won a laptop" ad on the right side. It's freakin' annoying as all hell!
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mike said 9:46PM on 10-23-2006
Timothy, you need adblock bro
:)
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Robert Smelser said 11:34PM on 10-23-2006
@ Shreedhan:
Apple still uses that location for smaller press events. It's a presentation area that's actually on Apple's campus.
That stage was used to introduce the Core Solo/Duo Mac mini and the iPod HiFi back in February of this year.
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RamJaw said 11:46PM on 10-23-2006
I second Tim. I imagine Mike doesn't use safari. It doesn't just have a blinking ad (which is tolerable), somehow it blends in with the background of the page and so the entire page blinks. It's awful!
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andrew said 1:23AM on 10-24-2006
is there any way to save these videos to the hard drive for posterity?
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Jason said 1:45AM on 10-24-2006
Just right click! http://media.libsyn.com/media/ues/2001-10-23iPodIntro20012.flv
If not, go to the Yahoo search results and right click (Google doesn't seem to want to parse .flv files): http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.libsyn.com%2Fmedia%2Fues%2F2001-10-23iPodIntro20012.flv&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8
Then convert using everyone's favorite free app: iSquint www.isquint.org
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andrew said 2:12AM on 10-24-2006
wow! thanks for the links!
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Jeremy said 12:14PM on 10-25-2006
When waxing nostalgic about five-year-old reality distortion fields, one should always remember to break out Thread 500:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=500
"Great just what the world needs, another freaking MP3 player."
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